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# ? Feb 11, 2014 05:53 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 18:27 |
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Someone showed him a picture of Mickey Mantle injecting himself with needles that come from a canvas sack that says " Soviet Khrushchev roids."
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 06:31 |
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Bob Costas transforming into a demon in front of our eyes is amazing.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 07:04 |
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Bob Costas' gross face and everything being on tape delay are a good 1-2 punch to get me to skip the Olympics. He looks like a stoned child molester.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 13:14 |
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Why wouldn't they just replace him with Liam McHugh or somebody? I know the Olympics are his thing but drat, not like this.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 13:31 |
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And late last night he tried to drink the pain away http://deadspin.com/lets-watch-mary-carillo-and-bob-costas-drink-vodka-tog-1520423650
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 13:39 |
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I'm sure Bob wants to gut it out, and dude is basically the face of the Olympics for NBC but holy hell he looks rough, especially in HD.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 13:40 |
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They just announced on Today that Matt Lauer is filling in tonight It's that bad
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 14:23 |
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A commenter on deadspin just shared an amazing story about Bob.quote:This was taken at the Belmont at 2011. Costas was on the platform to give his 45 seconds on the mic before the race, and everyone at the starting gate was pretty drunk and yelling at him. Costas came over to greet the crowd, and a dude chucked this full Coors Light to him.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 16:11 |
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He's 61 years old
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 16:13 |
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DJExile posted:A commenter on deadspin just shared an amazing story about Bob. wait do I need to like bob costas now
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:01 |
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MourningView posted:wait do I need to like bob costas now My position has always been that he's pretty likeable as long as he's not giving his own opinion on things. It's a shame he's big enough that people want him to do that for some reason these days.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:03 |
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DJExile posted:A commenter on deadspin just shared an amazing story about Bob. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCS3dZG05gc AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE BOB COSTAS SAID SO.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:06 |
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MourningView posted:wait do I need to like bob costas now He seems pretty likable when he's not on the TV
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:14 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCS3dZG05gc You bring up Bob Costas and wrestling, you have to show this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexcFvsPetY Oh, the last time someone other than Costas hosted nighttime Olympic coverage in America Hello friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inF9t1IhNEs
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:32 |
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If you show me footage of Nantz pounding tallboys I will melt.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:35 |
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I'd always heard Bob was a cool dude off the mic so I don't know if he just plays up the pearl-clutching high-horse stuff for TV or what. Jim Nantz, meanwhile, was found to be the anonymous tipster that tried to call out Tiger Woods for supposedly cheating some rule a year ago. EDIT: It was at the 2013 Masters DJExile fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Feb 11, 2014 |
# ? Feb 11, 2014 17:54 |
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MourningView posted:wait do I need to like bob costas now It...appears that way?
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 18:31 |
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Costas is a legend, even if his monologues do force the septuagenarians listening to clutch their pearls in fright.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 22:36 |
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MourningView posted:wait do I need to like bob costas now
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 22:38 |
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Bob Costas is legitimately a cool guy, but he's still somewhat technologically backwards. Doesn't use email or anything digital, really. Cool guy though.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 22:49 |
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As long as we acknowledge that Musburger would have shotguned it or somehow produced a beer bong from under the desk.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 23:03 |
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Let the record also show that Al Michaels owns and doesn't even care about being subtle in his references to the point spread of games.
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 23:12 |
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DJExile posted:Let the record also show that Al Michaels owns and doesn't even care about being subtle in his references to the point spread of games. And that extends to curling http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2014/february/video-al-michaels-places-a-curling-bet-with-rebecca-lowe.html
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# ? Feb 11, 2014 23:14 |
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The more you actually examine most TV personalities, actors, and etc the more you realize that they are actually people, sometimes really cool people, and a lot of the problems you have with their work are the result of the dreaded Media Executive
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# ? Feb 12, 2014 00:21 |
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If you're trying to talk me into liking Harold Reynolds it's not going to work.
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# ? Feb 12, 2014 01:35 |
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"most"
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# ? Feb 12, 2014 01:53 |
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MourningView posted:If you're trying to talk me into liking Harold Reynolds it's not going to work. Making fun of Crion on national television wasn't sufficient?
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# ? Feb 12, 2014 03:34 |
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MourningView posted:As long as we acknowledge that Musburger would have shotguned it or somehow produced a beer bong from under the desk. Nah, Musburger wouldn't have caught a light beer, not with a bourbon in one hand and a mint julep in the other.
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# ? Feb 12, 2014 04:10 |
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Alright. I respect Ice Skating. I think it requires a great deal of athletic ability, and can also be rather incredible. That being said. NBC. Could you please stop showing it every goddamned day? I just want to watch some bobsledding or something.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:25 |
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Yeah well Everyone's Mom disagrees and there are more of them than you.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:29 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Alright. Ice Skating is what people tune into the winter olympics for. Sorry, tough poo poo, better get used to seeing some ice skating.
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# ? Feb 18, 2014 04:32 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:Alright. NBC's Olympic coverage is garbage and I hate it. Screw showing sports or anything, let's focus on these pointless human-interest stories. Oh, Americans aren't expected to do well in this event and you want to watch it? Tough poo poo, have some more awkward Bode Miller interviews. Literally the only sport you'll see everything in is ice skating. You're poo poo out of luck if your favorite winter olympic sport is bobsledding or ski jumping or biathlon or any non-ice skating sport. Better hope you can watch the events live (if you can find the links purposefully buried on their site) at 4 in the morning. After every Olympics finishes I forget about it and get annoyed/disappointed again in two years. Their NFL coverage is pretty good other than having too many studio analysts. Why the hell can't they get Olympic coverage right? axeil fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Feb 19, 2014 |
# ? Feb 19, 2014 17:40 |
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Ice skating is the NFC East.
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 17:56 |
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I say a big reason is for the same reason we loathe promos for CBS shows during CBS NFL games. They try to appeal to a demographic that doesn't match ours. And why do they have to try to go after that demographic? It's gotten to the point where NBC money is a huge source of IOC revenue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/10/nbc-single-handedly-pays-for-a-fifth-of-all-olympic-games/ And how do you try to recoup that kind of spending? You go after as many people as you can. I'll throw in that this style started when ABC, under Roone Arledge's watch, mainly had them in the 70's/80's. And when CBS had the Winter Olympics in the 90's they also did it the same way, so historically it's not just been an NBC thing. Sure, ESPN can afford to show them live because they virtually print money. But I think the presentation would be even worse. And if you think NBC fluff is bad, look at ABC at any given moment. e: Yes ice skating is the NFC East, and the women's program right now is Cowboys-Giants Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Feb 19, 2014 |
# ? Feb 19, 2014 17:59 |
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It's all sliding around on ice anyways who cares E: Also NBC totally shoots their wad on the Olympics and ends up doing the stupidest poo poo with it, ratings be damned
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# ? Feb 19, 2014 17:59 |
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The sooner Internet nerds come to terms with the fact that they're not NBC's target audience and will never be as long as the monster primetime ratings keep coming in, the better. E: Also figure skating is cool Benne fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Feb 20, 2014 |
# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:12 |
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Why NBC Sports is not airing the Olympics 24/7 is beyond me. Live or tape delay, I don't care. I shouldn't turn there and see Shark Hunters or auto auctions marathons.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:35 |
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Benne posted:The sooner Internet nerds come to terms with the fact that they're not NBC's target audience and will never be as long as the monster primetime ratings keep coming in, the better. It's not my cup of tea, but I respect the sport. By the way, the most accurate joke I ever heard in "Rickey Bobby" re: Auto Racing was the line said by Bill Weber during the final scene: "We'd like to thank you for joining us for NBC's coverage of NASCAR. Coming up next, it's Ice Dancing to the hits of Motown." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj2o7a-DpAo I swear to god, that would happen every other week I watched a race growing up as a kid.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:40 |
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Hockles posted:Why NBC Sports is not airing the Olympics 24/7 is beyond me. Live or tape delay, I don't care. I shouldn't turn there and see Shark Hunters or auto auctions marathons.
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# ? Feb 20, 2014 04:45 |